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Woman's Hour

Beyonce and the politics of Lemonade

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

The politics of Lemonade - Beyonce's new release. With Emma Dabiri and Sekai Makoni

Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock on her new book The Smell of Other People's Houses, set in 1970s Alaska.

Utopias have been mostly written about by men - but many women have also dreamed of better worlds and fought for change. Examining the works of Mary Wollstonecraft, Charlotte Perkins Gilman and Shulamith Firestone, writer Margaret Heffernan explores the utopias women have imagined.

The women of Rojava - an autonomous region along Syria's northern border, with a female army and where women hold key decision making posts. Journalist Rahila Gupta on this experiment in gender equality.

Presenter: Jane Garvey
Producer: Eleanor Garland. Show less

Contributors

Presenter:
Jane Garvey
Interviewed Guest:
Emma Dabiri
Interviewed Guest:
Sekai Makoni
Interviewed Guest:
Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock
Interviewed Guest:
Margaret Heffernan
Interviewed Guest:
Rahila Gupta

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